The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-28

Canada and The exports % Tho Dominion
non, the year lSool, 10 and Including tho year
prodly Is esfabllshsd In 1851, and which
terminated in lsoa He went on.
During thatFetiodC anadA, Of her products,
sold TO the United States In round numbers
$700,0 900 worth, Tho larger per cent,
Of which consisted of lumber or tim.
exported to Canada tSIS,ooo,oo worth
o. our. stock In trade. III should 10
glad TO learn how either Canadian or Yankee
prospered BY. reason Of tho immense tar
ported. l should be- clad to learn lust how
any blessing that attached 10 paying one
third Of tho value Of tho goods 90 exchanged
Injured 10. tho benefit OF any considerable
number OF our people. Tho men who used
these goods both III this country and Canada
paid a price largely In excess OF their value
and only because they were produced across
an imaginary line drawn from East To West,
mud which marks tho Northern frontier OF Y
tho United States and tho Southern frontier
Of Canada. Certainly tho philosophy OF tho
doctrine Of protection has no application
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Mr.. Buttcrworth presented another tabu.
lar statement Of tho rates Of duty pnid on
these exchanges, They range from eleven 10
one hundred and iifty.lyo Ier cent, I'D yalo-
rom. EEFfgf. ETF.y
What arc the objections 10 tho removal Of
THIS burden 2 / hear Of mono except ns thoy
relate purely and solely to some local inter.
Gsts. 1t L. proper 10 cal! attention TO tho fact
thht one Of the leading statesmen of the day,
ono who has filled possibly n larger place III
Tue public view thnn almost any other man
OF our uay-l alludc TO james @. Dlane-hM
advocated, and most nbiy, a commercial
union between tho United States and
tho South American states. Ills PROPOSE.
ton has met with general favor, nor has II
been treated rs a party question. If grat
advantages arc to DO derived from such d
union, how much greater mld morc import,
ant arc the advantages to be gained from an
Intimate trado relation with those immci..
hiGlJy upon our bonler, 10 whom we arp
allied by ties stronger than those which
relate merely, to commerce, and with whom
our trade, although they number but tive
millions, Is moro than tho trado with tho
forty millions lying south OF us and with
whom tho commercial union Is proposed.
submit q statement which indicates how
much more valuable 10 the United States ny q
n market Canada Is thnn. NIL tho realms lying
south OF tho RIO Grandc, including Mexico
and the South American states.
During tho ycar 1885 the United States
sold 10 oil tho Central and South American
statcs but S27toCO,oo IN round numbers, 4
md TO nll countries lying south of tho Rio
Grande In the aggregate $Gi, 100000. 10 tho
4htW0,UO OF people on tho south We sold
SGi,0O,00o, while to the 100000 Of ca.
iadiaits We sold over 10000 600.
If our hamperea md restricted trade with
100000 Canadians Is over SJ0,000, 600, what
Will be tho magnitude Of our commerce In
that direction when tho blockadcis removed,
md when our ncighbon shall number
100000 Of people?
,Ho FEAR OF COMPETITION.
Do American manufacturers fear compctl.
ton? Certainly not. Do they and our NOR.
chants desire tho Canadian market with the
great possibilities that open up before them
IN TINT dircction2 Certainly they do. II Docs
the American farmer fear competition with
the Canadian farmer2 1t Is simply impossi.
bio. There could bono conflict Of interest.
On the contrary, experience %abundantly ut
tests that with every avenue Of trade md
tho United States and the markets of tm,ada
anu between every source Of supply In CAN
ada md the markets Of the United States
opened up, ind uninterrupted, a new i'm.
pet!ls would be given to cycry branch oftradc
and industry, and n new era of prosperity
for both nations would dawn upon us.
It must not DO forgotten TINT there arc
affecting the farmer certain conditions which
no system of protection can control-thu
min md tho sunshine. Ills crops depend
upon the earlier and the latter rains, nor
puT Qnv AyStnFn nf Ia VT tt,araaun A.. s!al1 -
his ground in the presence of a drouih or a
sn~pcrabundancc Of ruin; but the products
OF the factory can be controlled the OUTPUT
limited, and the prices fixed. His conpcti-
tors for the European market arc not in
Canada, but III India and Russia. Canada
only produced tho past year about
seven per cent. of tho wheat grown
IN this country. There arc special
Interests which, Of course, will DO affected.
That the fishing interest will be seriously
crippled, do not believe, nor can | ngrco
TINT that nursery Of seamcn and school
which supplies the army or the militia of tho
sea will sHiler by reason Of fair competition
between the Canadians and the mcn of New
England who 80 down to the sen to catch
fish. II with similar conditions and fair
competition VIC cannot hold OR own on sea
and land the trouble must be found In con-
ditions which arc not to be riglted by tho
levying of tax which increases the price OF
every, Goldfish ball and Of every mackercl
which Is placed upon the table for food. So
lar MS the timber interest Is concerned It has
no proper place in our system Of protection. Z.
the object of which Is to build up industries,
put unfortunately for the timber industry In
this country the more 1t Is protected. tho
moro 1t is cherished, the more speedily It
dies, and we are and have been taxing our
selves upon every single we usc and every
hplm that wn rPuiirN In 0pnSirt,Nt n Il r.n1ltp,, + 81
not to make strong IN industry that Will
flourish and grow and furnish n more ample
yield, but simply to pay a bonus TO certain
individuals who have prospercd beyond
measure, aud without any corresponding
benefit to the grcnt mass of the people Of
this country upon whom the tribute was
lcvicd.
Tho Canadian forests are limitlcss. Their
timber is roiting and going TO waste, while
the citizens OF tho United States arc having
enormous prices for Il supply to construct
houses and make shingles 10 cover their
heads, and thousands of mechanics arc idle
Tor want OF The matertal-iHmber-ta enable
thcmto prosecute their calling. Idle men on
both sides Of the line arc the direct aud nee
essary result of our absurd system. II Is not
only absurd but mn outrage upon our pconle
when one or woindustrics are permitted, nay
authorized, for their own benefit to tax every
other vocation, trade and calling In this
country, and thusilnrnsc needless burtlcns.
The tint hns come when both burdens and
blessings, should be more equitably distrii.
uted, and what is proposed here is Il step in
the right direction.
lnotc what is said touching the destructive
Influence IN international free commence
uponthc fisheries and some other industries,
Its asserted with great force, and seemingly
the assertion is sustained by statistics, That
Tree fisheries for instance mean tho dcstruc.
ton absolutely Of the American fishing in
tcrcSt. In reply that l have to say that il
on equal terms the American fisherman is I'M
nbleto compete with the fisherman ofCauada
itdocs not prove the former inferior in a,y
respect or that he lacks the c~apacity to nc
comrlish what under the samccircums,anccs
the Canadian Gull accomplish, but it does
prove TINT there is something wrong In our
policy, in some part Of our governmental
machinery, that any business isso oppressed
that with even chances in the arena Of CON-
petition Yankees arc driven from the field
hopeless and crushed; and the remedy must
be soteitt otherwise than by driving stitch
composition from our midst by oppressive
legislation. If we feel that we arc Unequal
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